Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are three closely related religions.
Because they all revere Abraham and certain other patriarchs mentioned
in the Bible as their spiritual ancestors, they are called Abrahamic
religions. However, their many points of similarity are no guarantee
that their followers can get along. Most of the serious religiously
motivated conflicts, mass crimes against humanity and genocides in the
20th century have been between Muslims and Christians. This has included
genocides in Bosnia Herzegovina, East Timor, and the Sudan, as well as
serious conflicts in Cyprus, Kosovo, Macedonia, and the Philippines. As
of mid-2001, two of these conflicts (Sudan and Philippines) are still
active, and three others are inert only because of peacekeepers on the
ground. It is difficult to compare Christianity to any other religion, because there is such a wide range of beliefs and practices among various wings of Christianity: Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodox churches, the Anglican communion and the tens of thousands of Protestant faith groups. Some commentators have suggested that Christianity consists of a number of different religions which share little more than the Bible and the name of their religion. Protestant Christianity is obviously divided into at least liberal and conservative wings -- divisions which hold few beliefs in common. Some of the descriptions below will thus necessarily be somewhat simplistic and lacking in precision.
source: RMA
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